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Energy / Natural Gas

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fracking

Sep 05, 2013 at 17:23 | Daniel J. Graeber

Critics of hydraulic fracturing say economic and energy security shouldn't come at the expense of the environment. The controversial practice, dubbed fracking, has become the cause du jour in advocacy…

Australia NSW to Become Natgas Boom Region?

Sep 02, 2013 at 17:14 | John Daly

Australia, New South Wales’ lack of a natural gas industry is sparking concerns among businessmen. NSW is the only mainland Australian state without a significant natural gas industry, leaving it…

Pessimism and Optimism over Utica Shale

Aug 29, 2013 at 17:17 | Charles Kennedy

Earlier this year some big names like Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy and EnerVest put their Utica shale assets up for sale, saying they were not meeting expectations, but this isn’t…

Iran puts West in 'Check' with Omani Gas Deal

Aug 28, 2013 at 17:01 | Daniel J. Graeber

The Iranian government announced this week it secured a long-term natural gas agreement with its maritime neighbors in Oman. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to lead the country as a…

Is Shale Gas Excitement in Eastern Europe Unwarranted?

Aug 28, 2013 at 16:51 | Global Risk Insights

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is commonly known, is the method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. Despite environmental concerns over the process of pumping water and chemicals…

Has the Shale Bubble Already Burst?

Aug 26, 2013 at 17:33 | Economywatch

Just like the famous Gold Rushes of the 19th century, US shale gas development is turning out to be a limited and regional market opportunity. Across the Atlantic, the high…

Iran-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline to Extend to China?

Aug 26, 2013 at 17:26 | John Daly

The energy relations between Iran and Pakistan are a marriage made in heaven, except for international politics.Pakistan’s current energy deficit problems are severe and increasing. Pakistan’s most respected…

Canada's LNG Dream – Racing Ahead…at a Snail's Pace

Aug 16, 2013 at 18:35 | Keith Schaefer

According to a new Financial Post story, the number of countries exporting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is expected to double – to 50 – by the year 2020.

The Battle for Balcombe

Aug 16, 2013 at 18:23 | Daniel J. Graeber

British energy company Cuadrilla Resources issued an apology last week to the residents of Balcombe, a village in West Sussex near the British coast. Campaigners flocked to the region by…

Can the US Export its Way to Energy Independence?

Aug 16, 2013 at 18:18 | Kurt Cobb

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. That's the credo of the oil and gas industry as it continues to lobby for increased oil and…

Getting European Gas to Ukraine

Aug 16, 2013 at 17:49 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: The EU is hoping to get as many countries on board to transit natural gas to Ukraine, and while Hungary and Poland are already involved, the next in…

BG Group Gets US LNG Export Approval

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:44 | Charles Kennedy

BG Group (LON:BG) and Southern Union are the third to get the green light from the federal government to export LNG to all countries from a planned facility in Lake…

Canada's Offshore Versus Shale Gas

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:39 | Dave Forest

Natural gas from Canada's offshore east coast is finally coming to market.Last week, regulators issued an Operations Authorization for the Deep Panuke gas project, offshore Nova Scotia. Project…

This Week in Energy: Another move forward on US LNG exports

Aug 09, 2013 at 08:41 | James Stafford

Another move forward on US LNG exports; what’s really behind global terror travel warnings; and the latest teasers from this week’s premium offerings. This week we are buoyed…

Gazprom Fiddles while America Fracks?

Aug 08, 2013 at 17:25 | Robert M Cutler

Gazprom still thinks that it is not sleeping through a shale gas revolution, despite President Vladimir Putin's declaration in April to the Russian parliament that shale gas is a real…

Shale Gas: Why Reality has not Lived Up to the Dream

Aug 05, 2013 at 17:11 | Dave Summers

The development of the shale gas deposits in the United States, led by the drilling and fracking of horizontal wells into the Barnett Shale of Texas at the turn…

Ukraine: The Energy To Change Course

Aug 02, 2013 at 14:49 | Scott Belinksi

Twenty-two years after breaking free from the USSR, Ukraine is now attempting to do the unthinkable and permanently shake Russia’s hold on the country. The plan? Looking westward to the…

$1 Billion of Natural Gas Wasted in North Dakota through Flaring in 2012

Jul 31, 2013 at 16:50 | Joao Peixe

Flaring is a problem in the US fracking industry, especially in North Dakota, but the true extent of that problem has not been fully understood until the release of a…

UPS Pursues LNG Vehicle Shift

Jul 30, 2013 at 18:00 | James Stafford

As United Parcel Service (UPS) works to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions, the company is setting new alternative fuel goals and eyeing a 40% savings in fuel costs by switching…

What Does the Plastics Revolution Mean for Gas Producers?

Jul 29, 2013 at 16:57 | Dave Forest

It looks like the U.S. plastics revolution is upon us. Many observers have been forecasting a petro-chemical boom in America. Driven by cheap natural gas as feedstock for the industry.…

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